Category Archives: The Departed

Top Row, left to right United Kingdom General Service Medal (Malaya clasp), instituted 1948 Awarded to members of the British, Commonwealth and Colonial Forces and Civil personnel, including the Malayan Police Force, for service during the Malayan Emergency. Singapore Efficiency … Continue reading →

November 13th 1944 – February 19th 2025, a life well-lived. You will be missed, Glenn!

I woke up to the familiar aroma of freshly brewed coffee wafting through the air, mingling with the comforting scent of toast browning in the oven. It was an aroma that always reminded me of home, of warmth, and of … Continue reading →

Tiagong that coprophagic protohominid, that chromosomally deviant caricature of vulvovaginal candidiasis, that putrescence mass, that walking vomit, that waste of flesh afflicted with cloacal exstrophy has croaked, around the last week of September/first week of October. Heard it yesterday, greeted … Continue reading →

Early this morning, my father WhatsApped me to inform me that one of my aunts – his sister – has just passed away. She was 90. She was a great and generous cook; each year, I would look forward to … Continue reading →

Nian was born in 1926. In 1942, the Japanese invaders were indiscriminately raping young girls. So, at 16, Nian was quickly married off to a man who was much older than her. They adopted a baby boy. But the husband … Continue reading →

For decades, Tsang Tsou Choi – shirtless, a towel around his neck, supported by crutches – roamed the streets of Hong Kong armed with bottles of black ink and a calligraphy brush. From the 1950s to the 2000s, he turned … Continue reading →

My dear friend Bee Ong (born May 6, 1970) passed away yesterday. Bee has always been a source of comfort to me whenever I needed a soothing balm for my troubled heart. Bee, I have been blessed by your life … Continue reading →